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لَحْظَةٌ moment in Arabic

لَحْظَةٌ is how you say “moment” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ينبع الطريق إلى تهذيب النفس من ملاحظة اللحظة الصغيرة التي تمر بين شهيق وزفير

The path to refining the soul springs from noticing the small moment that passes between inhalation and exhalation.

اللَّحْظَةِ the moment

'al-' = 'the'; 'lahza' = 'moment'; the 'of' word, so 'of the moment'.

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النفس تُروَّض بالصدق مع اللحظة لا بالشعارات

The soul is tamed through honesty with the moment, not through slogans.

اللَّحْظَةِ the moment

'al-' = 'the'; 'lahza' = 'moment'; takes the 'with' ending after 'ma'a'.

From On Sincerity

من يُحسِن الصمتَ لا يهرب من الحوار، بل يختار لحظتَه كي لا تُفسِدَ العجلةُ ما يُصلِحه البيان

He who masters silence does not flee dialogue, but chooses his moment so that haste does not spoil what clarity mends.

لَحْظَتَهُ his moment

'his moment / instant,' in the -a form as object of 'chooses,' with 'his' attached. He picks the right MOMENT to speak — the purpose of that timing comes via 'so that' next.

From On Silence

واعلم أن كل لحظة من عمرك رأس مال لك،

And know that every moment of your life is capital for you,

لَحْظَةٍ moment

This noun is the second half of an 'of' pairing with 'every', so it takes the possessive case ending and gives up its own 'the'. Arabic builds 'every X' by setting the two nouns directly side by side with no separate linking word.

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